Andrew Capitosti

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[Andrew Capitosti @lilcap18]

Jacob deGrom will win the NL Cy Young dont @ me

[Andrew Capitosti @lilcap18]

@GoodFundies @JonPgh My guess is effective velocity, probably takes into account extension.

[Andrew Capitosti @lilcap18]

@dantelives13 @jrwamsey Clifford screams of a poor man’s Joey Gallo offensively to me, not a direct 1 to 1 comp but I think that’s the archetype of hitter you’re looking at.

[Andrew Capitosti @lilcap18]

@WexlerRules @jramseymmo @aTmEbEp They’d still have to either DFA or 60 day IL someone for Thornton since their 40 man roster is full. Plus, given the health of the arms, unnecessarily burning options for Gerber and Duarte seems counter intuitive imo. Why honor Duarte’s clause just to option him a two days later?

[Andrew Capitosti @lilcap18]

@GoodFundies Young is going to replace Melendez anyways it seems

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@GoodFundies They should honestly call up Morabito for Slater, and at least platoon him vs LHP. I’d argue they could play Morabito every day in LF and DH Soto for the time being

[Andrew Capitosti @lilcap18]

@GoodFundies As I said a few weeks ago, they’ll have to string together 2 extended win streaks given the hole they’ve dug. Definitely plausible with the pitching, but one will have to come before the deadline to stop a roster sale this August.

[Andrew Capitosti @lilcap18]

@GoodFundies They ultimately will need a 6+ game win streak or two to get back in it. In 24 when they were 22-33 they had a 7 and a 9 game win streak down the stretch to make up ground.

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@GoodFundies We are also in extras innings in a game where a simple first inning challenge has Mendoza and the team answering questions after a win at this moment

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@GoodFundies People keep wondering why Mendoza does so poorly in 1 run games

[Andrew Capitosti @lilcap18]

@GoodFundies Yea, I think the disdain comes from Peterson and Senga not giving the team much. Holmes, McLean, and Peralta have been nails.

[Andrew Capitosti @lilcap18]

@GoodFundies Should have just started with Williams, who was already out there lol, or let Brazoban finish. Mendoza can’t help himself at the opportunity to make a pen move mid inning for no reason.

[Andrew Capitosti @lilcap18]

@nicocongi @Ben_Yoel I think there are, guys go through lulls, managers can manage a team to a win in a 1-2 run game.

[Andrew Capitosti @lilcap18]

@nicocongi @Ben_Yoel What do you mean real outing? Not using arguably your best pen arm for 10 straight days is managerial malpractice. Saving guys for specific situations is why Mendy finds himself in long losing streaks more often than not. He either overworks you or doesn’t use you at all

[Andrew Capitosti @lilcap18]

@nicocongi @Ben_Yoel Mendoza’s poor record in close games speak for itself imo

[Andrew Capitosti @lilcap18]

@nicocongi @Ben_Yoel The fact this is his 4th 7+ game losing streak in the last 6 months of regular season baseball is pretty incriminating. It’s one thing if this was a one off, it’s another when it looked exactly the same a year ago with a completely different roster

[Andrew Capitosti @lilcap18]

@nicocongi @Ben_Yoel Use him when you’re down 4-0? Like there was a fair share of low stress outings he could have been used in instead of getting 10 days off which clearly got him out of sorts.

[Andrew Capitosti @lilcap18]

@nicocongi @Ben_Yoel That’s probably the move if you hadn’t lost the last 11 games. After going up 3-0, today was the day to be super aggressive with the pen after the day off. And Mendoza wasn’t. Left McLean in too long, and one could argue he should have pulled Williams after he loaded the bases.

[Andrew Capitosti @lilcap18]

@nicocongi @Ben_Yoel Mendoza further compounded the issue by putting Williams in another pressure cooker when he prob needed a low stress outing after struggling out the 10 day break.

[Andrew Capitosti @lilcap18]

@nicocongi @Ben_Yoel He got through 6, and that was after giving up the tank to Buxton 3rd time through. Part of being a good manager is being proactive, And he pulled McLean too late.

[Andrew Capitosti @lilcap18]

@nicocongi @Ben_Yoel McLean’s OPS against jumps nearly .200 points the third time through the order… he shouldn’t have seen the 7th.